MJMacD
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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Solidarity with the teachers!
Unbelievable. Chills.
Tens of thousands of teachers converging downtown just outside where Danielle Smith is addressing an audience.
I’ve never seen anything like this.
Time to listen up, Premier.
Time for a fair deal.
We stand with teachers.
❤️✊
Tens of thousands of teachers converging downtown just outside where Danielle Smith is addressing an audience.
I’ve never seen anything like this.
Time to listen up, Premier.
Time for a fair deal.
We stand with teachers.
❤️✊
October 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Solidarity with the teachers!
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I have to say in all my years as a journalist, I've never heard a government employee say that a youth should be assaulted for speaking their mind.
September 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I have to say in all my years as a journalist, I've never heard a government employee say that a youth should be assaulted for speaking their mind.
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A message to Vince Gasparro, who has banned us from Canada, and our many fans there. 👇
September 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A message to Vince Gasparro, who has banned us from Canada, and our many fans there. 👇
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Hello, Alberta government, weird adults close to the Premier, and her advisors? Experts are calling and they'd like to teach you how to have a conversation with your children instead of banning books by queer authors.
Parents, don’t panic over porn! Here’s how to have an age-appropriate and shame-free talk with your kids | Jess Melendez
Parents, don’t panic over porn! Here’s how to have an age-appropriate and shame-free talk with your kids | Jess Melendez
It’s not enough any more to cover just ‘the birds and the bees’ as many more children are seeing adult content before their teens, says author and educator Jess Melendez
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Hello, Alberta government, weird adults close to the Premier, and her advisors? Experts are calling and they'd like to teach you how to have a conversation with your children instead of banning books by queer authors.
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From @non_toxic_masculinity_ on Instagram:
September 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
From @non_toxic_masculinity_ on Instagram:
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Catherine Ford is stilll calling it as she sees it, and called it correctly.
Catherine Ford: Hockey Canada trial should put spotlight on morality of society
Ford: Hockey Canada trial should put spotlight on morality of society
Seven years since that night, nothing had really changed in the “entitlement” enjoyed and exploited by sports celebrities.
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August 10, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Catherine Ford is stilll calling it as she sees it, and called it correctly.
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Canada must:
• Do everything in its power to end Israel’s humanitarian blockade of #Gaza
• Sanction Israeli officials suspected of perpetrating the genocide
• Ban all arms transfers to Israel
• Ban all other trade linked to Israel’s genocide, apartheid or illegal occupation
• Do everything in its power to end Israel’s humanitarian blockade of #Gaza
• Sanction Israeli officials suspected of perpetrating the genocide
• Ban all arms transfers to Israel
• Ban all other trade linked to Israel’s genocide, apartheid or illegal occupation
July 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Canada must:
• Do everything in its power to end Israel’s humanitarian blockade of #Gaza
• Sanction Israeli officials suspected of perpetrating the genocide
• Ban all arms transfers to Israel
• Ban all other trade linked to Israel’s genocide, apartheid or illegal occupation
• Do everything in its power to end Israel’s humanitarian blockade of #Gaza
• Sanction Israeli officials suspected of perpetrating the genocide
• Ban all arms transfers to Israel
• Ban all other trade linked to Israel’s genocide, apartheid or illegal occupation
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Okay Alberta. This is your moment. Each time something egregiously racist happens in this province y'all say, "oh, this isn't who we are...". Now is the time to prove it. Show up at every town hall. Answer every horrible survey question. Get up, stand up. Protest. Do not normalize this ugliness. ✊🏾
Despite what the Premier said today, sure seems like the panel knows exactly what it plans to workshop this summer.
From @mattscace.bsky.social today: Alberta Next survey asks if province should withhold social services for immigrants
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
From @mattscace.bsky.social today: Alberta Next survey asks if province should withhold social services for immigrants
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
Alberta Next survey asks if province should withhold social services for immigrants
CALGARY - Whether Alberta should withhold social services from immigrants is among the issues Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is tabling for debate this summer when she travels the province to
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
June 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Okay Alberta. This is your moment. Each time something egregiously racist happens in this province y'all say, "oh, this isn't who we are...". Now is the time to prove it. Show up at every town hall. Answer every horrible survey question. Get up, stand up. Protest. Do not normalize this ugliness. ✊🏾
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open.substack.com/pub/thewalru... #Alberta losing teachers and health care workers at rapid pace!!! #onpoli #topoli #polqc #cdnpoli #Vancouver #Montreal #Toronto #Calgary #Edmonton #abpoli #ableg #bcpoli #vanpoli
Alberta Is Struggling to Keep Its Nurses and Teachers
Internal documents show the province tried to make workers “feel good about their service.” They don’t
open.substack.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“I have come to realize that when you are surrounded only by your own culture and beliefs, you never consider anything beyond what you know. One can develop a very narrow perspective of the world and believe that things can and should only be done one way.”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
FIRST PERSON | I am a proud African. Moving to Canada and being seen as Black was a culture shock | CBC News
Vuyo Ginindza has always felt pride in being Swati and from Africa. So when he moved to Canada and first heard himself described as Black or a person of colour, there was a disconnect.
www.cbc.ca
May 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
“I have come to realize that when you are surrounded only by your own culture and beliefs, you never consider anything beyond what you know. One can develop a very narrow perspective of the world and believe that things can and should only be done one way.”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Albertans should be paying attention and be VERY concerned:
Govt is marching forward with privatizing all of our HC system.
Many many concerns w selling off hospitals to private for-profits:
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Govt is marching forward with privatizing all of our HC system.
Many many concerns w selling off hospitals to private for-profits:
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buff.ly/NHDveGp
Opinion: What's next in for-profit care in Alberta? Your local hospital?
25 years after Klein passed Bill 11, that opened the door to more private for-profit involvement in health care, the UCP is at it again.
buff.ly
May 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Albertans should be paying attention and be VERY concerned:
Govt is marching forward with privatizing all of our HC system.
Many many concerns w selling off hospitals to private for-profits:
🧵 1/12
buff.ly/NHDveGp
Govt is marching forward with privatizing all of our HC system.
Many many concerns w selling off hospitals to private for-profits:
🧵 1/12
buff.ly/NHDveGp
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May 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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I nominate this for a Tufte visualization award!👇
With CBC now having called all ridings it's time for the land-vs-people-vote animation.
April 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I nominate this for a Tufte visualization award!👇
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To put it very bluntly and self interestedly, if you don't want millions of hungry refugees arriving in the decades to come because their countries have become too hot or disaster prone to live in or grow food in, climate policy is a security issue. And it just might prevent some disasters here.
April 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
To put it very bluntly and self interestedly, if you don't want millions of hungry refugees arriving in the decades to come because their countries have become too hot or disaster prone to live in or grow food in, climate policy is a security issue. And it just might prevent some disasters here.
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Every election, we also hold a vote for the kids to decide what's for dinner.
We do this to explain democracy (you don't always get what you want, you always get your say) & to expose the kids to how easy it is to vote.
Make your own dinner ballots here: files.coreyhogan.ca/Election_Nig...
We do this to explain democracy (you don't always get what you want, you always get your say) & to expose the kids to how easy it is to vote.
Make your own dinner ballots here: files.coreyhogan.ca/Election_Nig...
April 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Every election, we also hold a vote for the kids to decide what's for dinner.
We do this to explain democracy (you don't always get what you want, you always get your say) & to expose the kids to how easy it is to vote.
Make your own dinner ballots here: files.coreyhogan.ca/Election_Nig...
We do this to explain democracy (you don't always get what you want, you always get your say) & to expose the kids to how easy it is to vote.
Make your own dinner ballots here: files.coreyhogan.ca/Election_Nig...
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It comes down to this weekend.
It's not too late to do your first door knocking shift, your first phoning shift, or to help us get out the vote Sunday and Monday. Come down to the campaign office or sign up at: event.liberal.ca/en/events/48...
It's not too late to do your first door knocking shift, your first phoning shift, or to help us get out the vote Sunday and Monday. Come down to the campaign office or sign up at: event.liberal.ca/en/events/48...
April 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
It comes down to this weekend.
It's not too late to do your first door knocking shift, your first phoning shift, or to help us get out the vote Sunday and Monday. Come down to the campaign office or sign up at: event.liberal.ca/en/events/48...
It's not too late to do your first door knocking shift, your first phoning shift, or to help us get out the vote Sunday and Monday. Come down to the campaign office or sign up at: event.liberal.ca/en/events/48...
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The number one question I get asked at the doors is why I'm running.
There's lots of things I care about - healthcare, childcare, a strong innovation & post secondary sector, social supports, growing our economy, making housing more affordable.
But why I'm running? This is why.
There's lots of things I care about - healthcare, childcare, a strong innovation & post secondary sector, social supports, growing our economy, making housing more affordable.
But why I'm running? This is why.
Trump brings up "Governor Trudeau" and says, "I have to be honest. As a state, it works great. As a nation ... why are we spending $200 billion? It doesn't make sense."
April 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The number one question I get asked at the doors is why I'm running.
There's lots of things I care about - healthcare, childcare, a strong innovation & post secondary sector, social supports, growing our economy, making housing more affordable.
But why I'm running? This is why.
There's lots of things I care about - healthcare, childcare, a strong innovation & post secondary sector, social supports, growing our economy, making housing more affordable.
But why I'm running? This is why.
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I had to pause my CBC Listen app for this video. It was worth it.
**returns to regularly scheduled listening**
**returns to regularly scheduled listening**
The CBC provides Canadian news and tells Canadian stories. It's an important part of cultural sovereignty.
A strong CBC is at the heart of a strong Canada.
A strong CBC is at the heart of a strong Canada.
April 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I had to pause my CBC Listen app for this video. It was worth it.
**returns to regularly scheduled listening**
**returns to regularly scheduled listening**
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I'm running because I want to be a strong Alberta voice that's a champion for a strong and united Canada.
Confederation is worth fighting for.
Confederation is worth fighting for.
April 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I'm running because I want to be a strong Alberta voice that's a champion for a strong and united Canada.
Confederation is worth fighting for.
Confederation is worth fighting for.
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Is Calgary Confederation a "conservative riding"? What do we mean when we say Calgary Confederation is a swing riding?
April 14, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Is Calgary Confederation a "conservative riding"? What do we mean when we say Calgary Confederation is a swing riding?
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Canada is facing a challenging moment. Now's the time for strong, serious leaders like @mark-carney.bsky.social - that's why I'm running.
Volunteer with the @liberalca.bsky.social, spread the word, and be sure to get out and vote this election. Let's be #CanadaStrong
Volunteer with the @liberalca.bsky.social, spread the word, and be sure to get out and vote this election. Let's be #CanadaStrong
April 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Canada is facing a challenging moment. Now's the time for strong, serious leaders like @mark-carney.bsky.social - that's why I'm running.
Volunteer with the @liberalca.bsky.social, spread the word, and be sure to get out and vote this election. Let's be #CanadaStrong
Volunteer with the @liberalca.bsky.social, spread the word, and be sure to get out and vote this election. Let's be #CanadaStrong